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NEW ORLEANS
HELSINKI CONNECTION
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New
Orleans Helsinki Connection is a group of New Orleans and Helsinki based
musicians that play traditional New Orleans jazz with a youthful 21st
century touch. Its members represent the very best of this style in their
homelands and have been playing together in various bands for years. In
the summer of 2002, a long time dream of a joint band finally became
reality. The band had a successful three-week tour in Finland. In the fall
of 2003, New Orleans Helsinki Connection headed in to the studio, and the
new, aptly titled CD At Last came out in April 2004. Since then,
the NOHC has been often heard on the WWOZ jazz station. In
August 2004, the NOHC performed very successfully at Sildajazz Festival in
Haugesund, Norway, at Lahden Jazztori Festival in Lahti, Finland and at
Storyville Jazz Club in Helsinki, Finland. The band has been seen
in New Orleans at the French Quarter Festival (2005-2007) and at Donna's
Bar & Grill.
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The
band includes the following musicians:
T r i c i a B o u t t é, vocals
L e r o y J o n e s,
trumpet and vocals
K a t j a T o i v o l a,
trombone
T o d d D u k e,
guitar / P a u l L o n g s t
r e t h, piano
N o b u O z a k i,
bass
T h o m a s R ö n n h o l m, drums
Connection's
program consist mainly of New Orleans jazz classics like Shake It And Break
It and Palm Court Strut but also includes gospel and blues numbers,
jazz standards, and original compositions.
Things
said about At Last:
"--
the players communicate like longtime friends throughout. Their Connection is
strong."
Keith
Spera, The Times Picayune 30/4/2004
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a nice meeting of friends that should please their many fans on both sides of
the pond."
Geraldine Wyckoff, OffBeat
5/2004
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to songs @ MySpace
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